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COTTON BALB TIE.

No. 285,489. Patented sept. 25,18s.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LOGAN JONES, OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.

COTTON- BALE TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 285,489, dated September25, 1883. Application led August 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.' u

Beit known that I, WILLIAM L. J oNEs, a

citizen of theUnited States, residing at Holly Springs, in the county ofMarshall and State of Mississippi, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Cotton-Bale Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in a cotton-ba1e tie, the coupling being a part ofthe band `or tie, it being easy of construction and application, therebeing no parts or attached pieces. I attain the object by the deviceillustrated in f the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lrepresents a sectional View, and Fig. 2 a plan view; Fig. 3, amodication of the Jcie as connected; Fig. 4, aside view Fig. 5 the endsof the tie detached.

At one en'd of the tie any number of slots may be cut to suit thevarious sizes of bales. These slots may vary in size from four-tenths ofthe width of band or tie to one-third of the same, and be' aboutone-half inch long, the object being to leave the band with sufticientstrength to be safe under any strain in packing cotton. At the other endof the said tie two or more hooks are`cut in the center, whichcorrespond in width with the rst, but should be about five-eighths of aninch long. Said hooks are formed by cutting three sides, leaving one endattached to the body of the band,which is pressed down to or about aright angle with the band. Then an equal angle is formed to the extentof the thickness of thev band from the rst, and leaves the hook formedjust under the slot and standing parallel to said band. It will be foundthat the hooks being cut at exactly equal distances, they will drop intothereof, and

said slots and at once iirmly lock together both ends of said band.

I am aware that a patent exists in which 4 one end of the band hashooks, the other slots; but in this form the tongues have been found tobe defective on account of their weakness and liability to break. By thecorrugation of a part of the tongue and band this `defect is `4 cured bygiving stiffness andV additional strength to the tongues.

To open this tie an implement may be made of a bar of iron forked at oneend, with trans;-bm verse slot above fork wide enough to admit 5 end ofbaud. Byanother form this tie may be made by placing narrow open slotsand corrugated tongues and parts of bands on either side of the bands inreverse order, instead of in the center of the band, as shown, 5l theouter edge of opposite side of each band slightly raised at equidistantpoints between \upper and lower slots. Pressure against these raisededges may be used to aid in opening the ties.

Having thus described my invention, what I Aclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A bale-tie formed by having at one end of the band slots and at theother tongues or" hooks, all cut or running in one direction, parts ofthe band and hooks being corru-AV gated, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa-ture in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LOGAN JONES. Vitnesses:

VAN H. MANNING, Jr.,

J. H. RoBINsoN.

